William Edward Talbot, 21, who claimed to be a British subject, but was not recognized, was sentenced th three years and' six months' im-Drisonmeat by Judge Siao in the First Special Disiriet Court on Thursday morning.
Bir. Paul Y> Lu, Assistant Mu cipal' Advocate, who prosecuted, told the Court that the accused' was staying with his relative, a Portuguese, at 221 Kungping Road, on the top floor of an exchange shop. At about 3 am. on Tuesday, he stole his cash from a drawer. A shop em-Ployee by the name of Mau Pau-dien was awakened by his movements, The accused thereupon struck the employee about he head and body with fists and a kettle, Detectives from the Wayside Police Station, who investigated the case, arrested the accused in Rue Lafayette. In his possession were found $9, 3 knife and a letter addressed to his relative in which he indicated that was prepared to commit suicide on account' of poverty and unemployment.
"The accused confessed to the crime and stated that some of the money had been spent on a pair of shoes, stockings and a suit, Tt was also pointed on in Court that the accused had committed theft in May and was given a suspended sentence by the same Court, Native Bank Said Defrauded Another cheque fraud case, in which a native bank was said to have been defrauded for $20,000 was heard in the First Special District "Court on Saturday" mornin, when Li King-shu, 21, coolie employ:
at the Tse Fong native bank, Tientsin Road, was remanded one week on charges of forging a cheque drawn on the Joint Reserve Board of the Native Bankers Association in. Ningpo. Road.
Mr. Kum, assistant municipal advocate, who prosecuted, told Judge Chien that the cheque was presented fat the Board on August €, bearing 4 seal of the Pao Fong native bank, After the $30,000 had. been cashed, it was discovered by the Board that the cheque had been issued by the Board to the Tye Fong bank, not the Pao Fong bank. Further examination revealed that the seal on the cheque had been forged.
'The $20,000 given to the messenger were in Central Bank notes, each note bearing a Chinese character "heart™. Investigations by the de-tactives' of Central Police Station revealed that $4,000 in banknotes. a sworing to the above description had been deposited with the Shanghai Commercial & Savings Bank by the accused. It was. bel that the
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